Point-Counterpoint: Is the House of Representatives doing the right reform to health care?
Colorado State Collegian - Tue Nov 10, 1:04 am ETPoint-Counterpoint: Is the House of Representatives doing the right reform to health care?,
Point-Counterpoint: Is the House of Representatives doing the right reform to health care?,
Late last Saturday night, we witnessed the result of weeks of closed-door negotiations by the Democratic party - the passage by the House of Representatives of HR 3962: The Affordable Health Care for America Act. Though the bill only passed by two votes and obviously has a long, uphill climb before it can become law, it has already drawn lavish praise from the left as a landmark achievement.
Health-care reform is now something tangible and real with the House of Representatives voting to pass the bill in the lower chamber of Congress.
JEFFERSON CITY — Officials in Missouri are offering conflicting views on the potential impact of the health care bill approved Saturday by the U.S. House of Representatives. The health care bill, approved with a 220-215 vote, had Missouri representatives split on partisan lines except for Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Jefferson City, who voted against the bill. "This is not a positive for small businesses ...
The Healthcare Reform bill cleared a hurdle in the House of Representatives. The house bill passed by a slim five vote margin. North Dakota Representative Earl Pomeroy cast a yes vote. Pomeroy says he did so because he was able to negotiat
The House of Representatives approved a controversial health care reform measure over the weekend. But that's only the beginning of what could be many more weeks of legislative wrangling.
Former president Bill Clinton planned a rare visit to the US Senate Tuesday to unite Democrats divided on President Barack Obama's push for a sweeping overhaul of US health care.
With jobless numbers sky-high and year-end holidays close at hand, the US Congress passed legislation to extend unemployment benefits and expand a vastly popular tax credit for homebuyers.
Iredell County's two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are convinced the bill that passed a preliminary House vote over the weekend is not the solution to the high cost of health care in the country.
SAN ANTONIO----The University of Texas at San Antonio announced today the appointment of Les Shephard, a nationally recognized expert who often speaks before U.S. Congress on energy and water issues, to head its Institute for Conventional, Alternative and Renewable Energy .
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi says legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would increase the cost of health insurance.
Secretary of State Bernie Buescher, Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff in Breck Wednesday Staff Writer BRECKENRIDGE - Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher will address Wednesday's meeting of the Legislative Affairs Council of the Summit Chamber of Commerce. The public is welcome to attend. Andrew Romanoff, former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives and candidate for U.S. Senate ...
Congressman John Salazar , D-Colo., introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday in Washington, paving the way for more protection of more than 60,000 acres in the Telluride region.
ALBUQUERQUE Two groups that support health care reform criticized Rep. Harry Teague Monday for the Democrat's vote against a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Two groups that support health care reform criticized Rep. Harry Teague on Monday for the Democrat s vote against a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
The region's delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives split evenly, and along party lines, on the health insurance bill that passed Saturday by a narrow margin and which is now headed to the U.S. Senate, where observers say it has an even steeper hill to climb toward becoming law.